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nationally recognized experts from a 

variety of disciplines—all which focus 

on preconception interventions aimed at 

promoting women’s health and reducing 

adverse perinatal outcomes. The group 

will include experts in obstetrics, family 

practice, pediatrics, public health, 

nursing, reproductive health, toxic 

exposures, and chronic and infectious 

disease. 

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda 

items include: a review and discussion 

of relevant issues arising out of the 

National Summit on Preconception 

Care; the identification of priority areas 

for the development of 

recommendations; discussion of 

recommended interventions both before 

the first pregnancy and between 

pregnancies (i.e., preconception and 

interconception care), and on 

population-based and individual-level 

interventions; and the reconvening of 

the Panel to finalize recommendations. 

Additional agenda items include: 

updates from organizational 

representatives (i.e., March of Dimes, 

American College of Obstetrics and 

Gynecology) on current initiatives; an 

update on activities from CDC 

preconception care workgroup 

representatives, future topics and 

scheduling the next meeting. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

For Further Information Conctact: 

Christopher S. Parker, MPH, MPA, 

Designated Federal Official, National 

Center on Birth Defects and 

Developmental Disabilities, CDC, 1600 

Clifton Road, NE., (E–86), Atlanta, 

Georgia 30333, telephone 404/498– 

3098, and fax 404/498–3820. 

The Director, Management Analysis 

and Services Office, has been delegated 

the authority to sign Federal Register 

notices pertaining to announcements of 

meetings and other committee 

management activities for both the CDC 

and ATSDR. 

Dated: April 11, 2005. 

Diane Allen, 

Acting Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 05–7681 Filed 4–15–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Designation of a Class of Employees 

for Addition to the Special Exposure 

Cohort 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (‘‘HHS’’) gives notice of 

a decision to designate a class of 

employees at the Mallinckrodt Chemical 

Company, Destrehan Street Plant, in 

Saint Louis, Missouri as an addition to 

the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) 

under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000. On April 11, 2005, 

the Secretary of HHS designated the 

following class of employees as an 

addition to the SEC: 

Employees of the Department of Energy 

(DOE) or DOE contractors or subcontractors 

employed by the Uranium Division of 

Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, Destrehan 

Street Facility, during the period from 1942 

through 1948 and whom were employed for 

a number of work days aggregating at least 

250 work days either solely under this 

employment or in combination with work 

days within the parameters (excluding 

aggregate work day requirements) established 

for other classes of employees included in 

the SEC. 

This designation will become 

effective on May 12, 2005, unless 

Congress provides otherwise prior to the 

effective date. After this effective date, 

HHS will publish a notice in the 

Federal Register reporting the addition 

of this class to the SEC or the result of 

any provision by Congress regarding the 

decision by HHS to add the class to the 

SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia 

Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 

45226, Telephone 513–533–6800 (this is 

not a toll-free number). Information 

requests can also be submitted by e-mail 

to OCAS@CDC.GOV. 

Dated: April 13, 2005. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 05–7697 Filed 4–15–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–209] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS), Department of Health 

and Human Services, is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collections for public comment. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the Agency’s function; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Laboratory 

Personnel Report (Clinical Laboratory 

Improvement Amendments of 

1988(CLIA)) and Supporting 

Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1357, 

493.1363, 493.1405, 493.1406, 493.1411, 

493.1417, 493.1423, 493.1443, 493.1449, 

493.1455, 493.1461, 493.1462, 493.1469, 

493.1483, 493.1489, and 493.1491; Use: 

This form is used by the State agency to 

determine a laboratory’s compliance 

with personnel qualifications under 

CLIA. This information is needed for a 

laboratory’s certification and 

recertification; Form Number: CMS–209 

(OMB#: 0938–0151); Frequency: 

Biennially; Affected Public: Business or 

other for-profit, Not-for-profit 

institutions, Federal Government, and 

State, Local or Tribal Government; 

Number of Respondents: 21,000; Total 

Annual Responses: 10,500; Total 

Annual Hours: 5,250. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS Web site 

address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

regulations/pra/, or E-mail your request,